traineen.adj.

1833 J. S. Forsyth Dict. Diet 350/2 An early, light, and nutritive supper, would greatly benefit the trainee.

1850 Fraser's Mag. 41 658 The trainers first double up one of his fore legs, which they bind fast with a cord; this they pull, and thus compel the trainee to come down upon his bent knee.

1885 Daily News 16 Dec. 6/1 Let her..ask whether she could be admitted as a lady pupil, as a trainee.

1927 Daily Tel. 8 Feb. 13/7 The number of new trainees is now so small that a workshop smaller than that which we are now using will suffice.

1955 J. E. De Young Village Life in Mod. Thailand vi. 181 Up to the end of 1952, the hospitals were able to turn out only a few score trainees a year.

2006 H. Swanepoel & F. De Beer Community Devel. e. xxii. 222 Participation in training means that the trainer encourages an atmosphere in which the trainee, trainer and material engage in a dialogue to find applicable answers.

1900 Victoria Parl. Deb. (Austral.) 93 3840/2 There were provisions for trainee teachers to be appointed to the 6th class,..and the same privilege was given to pupil teachers who had passed certain examinations.

1921 Vocational Summary (U.S. Federal Board for Vocational Educ.) May 6/1 In his story ‘Pluck and One Leg’, Trainee Penney tells the story of Trainee Resh.

1942 Rotarian June 46/3 Furniture purchased by the Rotary Club of Newcastle has thus far served two encampments and is now in a recreation room of a trainee battalion.

1977 Grimsby Evening Tel. 31 May 5/7 Miss Sally Dixon, a trainee nurse, was announced as the hospital's Jubilee representative following a ballot.

2006 B. Alysen Electronic Reporter (ed. 2) ix. 150 Trainee broadcasters sometimes forget this and present serious stories with insufficient gravitas.

1932 Social Sci. Rev. 6 24 Traineeships on varying terms.

1961 Listener 14 Dec. 1021/2 Some management traineeship schemes in industry and commerce.

1980 Nature 14 Feb. 610/1 The universities hope that the administration can be persuaded to contribute more than $150 million..to provide a national support programme of grants, traineeships and fellowships.

2002 R. Perkins in L. Purcell Black Chicks Talking 256 They offered me another traineeship in the film and TV section, and so I decided there and then to stay.